Wim Holwerda asked: > While walking the dog tonight (030929) I saw a bright meteor > at approx. 21:10 UTC (+/- 5 min) moving from the planet Mars > towards the southern horizon (so the direction of movement > was North - South). The brightness was around mag -3 and the > velocity was low for a meteor; it lasted for about 5 seconds. > I wonder if this might have been a satellite reentry ? It was a slow meteor. It was far too fast to have been a satellite decay, which may be visible for on the order of one minute. Also, decays result in a long trail of fragments. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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